Oconomowoc

Oconomowoc is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Its name means "waterfall" in Potawatomi, and white settlers first arrived in the area in 1830. Oconomowoc was incorporated as a town in 1844, and the first passenger trains from Milwaukee arrived in 1854. During the 1870s, Oconomowoc became a summer resort town for wealthy Midwesterners. In 2017, Oconomowoc had a population of 16,717 people.